Churn



No. 607,77l. Patented :uw r9, |898.

G. R. SEXSMITH. l

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(Application filed Oct. 29, 1897.) (No Model.)

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GEORGE R. SEXSMITH, OF ATCHISON, KANSAS.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 607,771, dated July 19, 1898.

Y Application nea october 29, 1897. serai No. 656,815. No model() understood, I will proceed to describe it, withv reference to the accompanying drawings, in

which- Figure I is a front elevation of my improved churn. Fig. II is a vertical section thereof on the line II II, Figs. land III. Fig. III is a top view of the churn. Fig. IV is a perspective view ofthe gearing-frame on an enlarged scale. Fig. V is aperspective View of the driving bevel gear-wheel on an enlarged scale. Fig. VI is a perspective view of the flasher-coupling on an enlarged scale.

Fig. VII is a perspective view of the upper4 end of the flasher-rod on an enlarged scale. Fig. VIII is a det-ail vertical section of the swiveled toe or cap piece of the screw-threaded rod.

The supporting-frame, which is of knockdown construction, is in the form of a tripod and is provided with lthree inclined legs 1 and horizontal bracing-strips 2 near the lower ends of the legs, which are detachably secured together by means of bolts 3.

4 is a iiooring or deck resting on the bracing-strips and adapted to provide a support for an earthenware jar or churning vessel 5.

Mounted detachably on the upper ends of the legs is a gearing-frame of novel configuration, being constructed in one piece or cast solid with a bed-plate 6 of approximately T shape, having three arms Ga extending laterally and provided at their ends with downwardly-projecting lugs 6b, having upwardlyflaring and inwardly-inclined recesses providing sockets in which the upper ends of the legs are detachably iitted and secured by means of bolts 7. Extending upwardly from the bed-plate, at the front side thereof7 is an wear-plate 11.

arch Gc and at the rear end of the same a post 6d.V rlhe arch and post are connected at top by means of a trough-shaped web C, surinounted at the ends over the arch and post, respectively, by tubular shaft boxes or bear- -ings Gf.

The dasher is constructed with a wooden rod S, having a series of transverse wooden Strips 9, which are held by the rod and provide a head' having blades which project from the rod, each blade extending at right angles to the adjacent blades. The dasherrod is formed with a rectangularor square upper end S, whichis provided at one side with a wear-plate 10 and at one corner with a This end is connected with a shaft-coupling cast integral with a rectangular or square socket 12, having an open side 12, through which the upper end of the dasher-rod is inserted sidewise,and a retaining lip or fillet 12b at the open side, fitting against the corner wear-plate. The dasher is held at desired height by adjusting the upper end of the dasher-rod within the socket and securing it by means of a set Screw or bolt 13, working through the wall of the socket andiinpinging on the side wear-plate. The shaft-coupling is also formed with an oil-cup or ring 12, with a bearing 12(1 above the oil-cup or ring, and with a shaft 120, extending through a shaft-bearing 6g ou the under side of the bed-plate, through the latter, and through a shaft-bearing 61, on the upper side of the bed-plate and into a shaft-socket G on the under side of the web 60, which provides a bearing for the upper end ofthe shaft. 14 is a bevel-pinion ixed to the shaft 12e and supporting the shaft-coupling on the upper shaft-bearing 6h. The 5 bevel-pinion is secured by a` set screw or bolt 15.

16 is the driving bevel gear-wheel, cast in one piece with a horizontal A'shaft 16a, projecting from one face, thereof, and with a central boss or rectangular, projection 1Gb on the other f ace of the same, havingywhorizontal guide-lugs 16. The bevel gear-wheelmeshes with the bevel-pinion and has its shaft extending through the tubular bearings on the trough-shaped web and is secured by a collar 17 and set screw or bolt 18 at the outer end of the shaft. The driving bevel gear-wheel is rotated by means of an adjustable crooked crank-arm l9,.for1ned in one piece, with a longitudinal slot 19 and with a handle 19D, surrounded by a hand-sleeve 20. The crankarm is adapted to slide between the lugs 1Gc on the central boss 1Gb and is secured in desired position by a central set screw or bolt 21, working in the central boss and seating on a washer 22.

When it is desired to run the churn by Water 011 other power, a pulley can be bolted on the driving bevel gear-Wheel in the place of the crank, or the pulley can be mounted on the shaft of the Wheel.

The churning vessel 5 is 'provided with a shoulder or rabbet 5 at the top to receive a divided cover 23, the members of which may each have an eye-screw 24 to provide a handle.

To hold the churning vessel rigid while the churn is operated, I provide a screw-threaded rod 25, adjustable in a screwthreaded orifice G5, extending` through a boss 6k in the bedplate and adjusted by means of a cross-bar or handle 26. This rod is provided with a swiveled toe-piece 27, bearing on a block 2S, resting across the top of the churning vessel,

free of the divided cover, so as to permit of the coverbeing removed Withoutjreinoving the holding-block.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what 1' claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

A churn-gearing frame formed in one piece with an approximately T- shaped bed-piece having laterally-extending'arms, provided with pendent recessed lugs, With an arch on the front arms of the bed-piece, with a post on the rear arm of the bed-piece, with a trough-shaped web having a shaft-socket on its under side and extending from the arch to the post, and with shaft-bearings surinounting the ends of the trough-shaped web, and the dasher-couplng formed with a vertical shaft passed through the bed-piece and seated in the shaft socket of the trouglr shaped web; substantially as described.

GEORGE R. SEXSMITH.

Nitnesses:

(l. D. WALTZ, J. L. BERRY. 

